1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to an optical lens and an optical lens plate, and more particularly to an optical lens and an optical lens plate capable of achieving asymmetric distribution of light on a second plane.
2. Related Art
With the enhancement of people's awareness of environmental protection, various green electronic products have received attention according to the energy-saving and carbon-reduction effect. Due to characteristics of small volume, high brightness, long service life, and low power consumption, light emitting diode (LED) become an outstanding lighting appliance in the world wide. For example, the LED is used as a light source of traffic lights and flashlights in daily life. In addition to the application in traffic lights and flashlights, the LED can also be applied to street lamps.
Light emitted from the LED should meet requirements of a specific light distribution for street lamp lighting. An optical lens plate, mechanism design and arrangement are used to enable the light emitted from the LED to meet the requirement for a particular light distribution. The light distribution is an illuminated range formed by light projected from a lighting device on a road surface.
Persons skilled in the art proposed an LED street lamp meeting the requirement for different light distributions by means of an optical lens plate or arrangement. But in this method, a combination of more than two kinds of optical lenses needs to be adopted, and different kinds of optical lenses need to cooperate with each other in accordance with a certain ratio to achieve the required light distribution. Therefore, problems of excessively high cost of mold design and increasing development and test time due to ratio adjustment exist. Moreover,
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In order to solve the problems, the conventional LED street lamp employs adjustment of the mechanism design (for example, increasing an elevation angle of the LED street lamp) to meet the requirement for a specific light distribution. Therefore, problems that the design is complex and the assembly and production is not easy exist, thereby increasing the manufacturing cost of the street lamp.
Accordingly, the present invention is an optical lens and an optical lens plate, which can solve problems such as light pollution, low light utilization, and high manufacturing cost due to a complex design in the prior art when being applied in a street lamp.
The present invention provides an optical lens, which is applicable for receiving light emitted from an LED, wherein the LED comprises a first optical axis. In an embodiment, the optical lens comprises an incident curved surface, a cone-shaped body, and an emitting curved surface. The incident curved surface is used for receiving the light, and the light has a first refraction angle on a first plane and a second refraction angle on a second plane after passing through the incident curved surface, the cone-shaped body, and the emitting curved surface. The first refraction angle is between 105 degrees and 145 degrees, the second refraction angle is between 38 degrees and 65 degrees, and the light is asymmetrically distributed on the second plane.
In an embodiment of the optical lens, the cone-shaped body comprises a first surface and a second surface, there is a first angle between the first surface and the second surface, and the first angle is between 10 degrees and 65 degrees.
In an embodiment of the optical lens, the incident curved surface comprises a second incident curved surface, the second incident curved surface comprises a first curved line, the first curved line comprises two first end points, there is a second angle between a connecting line between the first end points and the second surface, and the second angle is between 30 degrees and 60 degrees.
In an embodiment of the optical lens, the optical lens further comprises a lead angle surface, the lead angle surface may comprises a first line segment, and the first line segment comprises two second end points. There is a third angle between a connecting line between the second end points and the first optical axis, and the third angle is between 20 degrees and 50 degrees.
In an embodiment of the optical lens, the emitting curved surface is an M-shaped curved surface, the M-shaped curved surface comprises a central axis, and the central axis coincides with the first optical axis.
The present invention provides an optical lens plate, which is applicable to a lamp, the lamp has a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), each LED comprises a first optical axis and is used for emitting light. In an embodiment, the optical lens plate comprises a substrate and a plurality of optical lenses, each optical lens is disposed on the substrate, and the optical lenses correspond to the LEDs. Each optical lens comprises an incident curved surface, a cone-shaped body, and a emitting curved surface. The incident curved surface is used for receiving the light, and the light has a first refraction angle on a first plane and a second refraction angle on a second plane after passing through the incident curved surface, the cone-shaped body, and the emitting curved surface. The first refraction angle is between 105 degrees and 145 degrees, the second refraction angle is between 38 degrees and 65 degrees, and the light is asymmetrically distributed on the second plane.
In an embodiment of the optical lens plate, the cone-shaped body comprises a first surface and a second surface, there is a first angle between the first surface and the second surface, and the first angle is between 10 degrees and 65 degrees.
In an embodiment of the optical lens plate, the incident curved surface comprises a second incident curved surface, the second incident curved surface comprises a first curved line, and the first curved line comprises two first end points. There is a second angle between a connecting line between the first end points and the second surface, and the second angle is between 30 degrees and 60 degrees.
In an embodiment of the optical lens plate, the optical lens further comprises a lead angle surface, the lead angle surface may comprises a first line segment, and the first line segment comprises two second end points. There is a third angle between a connecting line between the second end points and the third optical axis and is between 20 degrees and 50 degrees.
In an embodiment of the optical lens plate, the emitting curved surface is an M-shaped curved surface, the M-shaped curved surface comprises a central axis, and the central axis coincides with the first optical axis.
With the optical lens and the optical lens plate of the present invention, the second refraction angle on the second plane is changed through adjustment of a relative relation between the incident curved surface, the cone-shaped body and the design of the cone-shaped body. With the design of the lead angle surface, the utilization of the light is increased. Through adjustment of a relative relation between the light guide angle and the LED and a relative relation between the incident curved surface and the emitting curved surface, the first refraction angle on the first plane is changed. The optical lens plate of the present invention is applicable to a lamp, wherein an asymmetric light intensity distribution is achieved through the design of a single type of optical lens. Therefore, the luminous intensity distribution curve of the optical lens and the optical lens plate of the present invention has an asymmetric light distribution, so that the problems such as light pollution, low light utilization, and high manufacturing cost due to a complex design in the prior art can be solved when the optical lens and the optical lens plate of the present invention are applied to a street lamp.
The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below for illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
Since each of the optical lenses 204 in the optical lens plate 200 may has the same design, a single optical lens 204 is taken as an example for description.
The relative relation among the incident curved surface 206, the cone-shaped body 208, and the emitting curved surface 210 may influence the first refraction angle 92 of the light 60 on the first plane (that is, the Y-Z plane) and the second refraction angle 94 of the light 60 on the second plane (that is, the X-Z plane), and the details will be described later.
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It can be known form Table 1 that, when the first angle θ1 becomes larger, the second refraction angle 94 of the light 60 after the light 60 passes through the optical lens 204 increases accordingly. When the optical lens 204 is applied to a street lamp, since the second refraction angle 94 is the distribution of the light 60 at the road side, an optical lens 204 having a larger first angle θ1 can project the light 60 to a wider road area. In other words, the optical lens 204 having the larger first angle θ1 is applicable to a street lamp for multilane roads.
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The second angle θ2 may be greater than or equal to 30 degrees and less than or equal to 60 degrees (that is, 30° θ2 60°), so that the luminous intensity distribution of the light 60 on the second plane (that is, the X-Z plane) is asymmetric.
It can be known form Table 2 that, when the second angle θ2 becomes larger, the second refraction angle 94 of the light 60 after the light 60 passes through the optical lens 204 decreases accordingly. When the optical lens 204 is applied to a street lamp, since the second refraction angle 94 is the luminous intensity distribution of the light 60 at the road side, an optical lens 204 having a smaller second angle θ1 can project the light 60 to a wider road area. In other words, the optical lens 204 having the smaller second angle θ1 is applicable to the street lamp for multilane roads.
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Moreover, the lead angle surface 220 comprises a first line segment 222, in which the first line segment 222 comprises two second end points J and L. There is a third angle θ3 between a connecting line 74 between the second end points J and L and the first optical axis 56. In this embodiment, since the lead angle surface 220 is a plane, the first line segment 222 coincides with the connecting line 74 between the second end points J and L, but this embodiment is not intended to limit the present invention. The third angle θ3 may be greater than or equal to 20 degrees and less than or equal to 50 degrees (that is, 20° θ3 50°), so that the light 60 is emitted out from the optical lens 204, thereby increasing the utilization of the light 60. Different third angles θ3 correspond to different relative light utilization, and detailed results are shown in Table 3.
It can be known form Table 3 that, when the third angle θ3 becomes larger, the relative utilization of the light 60 after the light 60 passes through the optical lens 204 increases accordingly.
Furthermore, the relative relation between the incident curved surface 206 and the emitting curved surface 210 influences the range of the first refraction angle 92 of the light 60 on the first plane (that is, the Y-Z plane).
The optical lens 204 may influence the luminous intensity distribution of the light 60 after the light 60 passes through the optical lens 204 with the different relative distances between the incident curved surface 206 and the emitting curved surface 210.
It can be known from Table 4 that, as the relative distance between the incident curved surface 206 and the emitting curved surface 210 decreases, the first refraction angle 92 of the light 60 on the first plane (that is, the Y-Z plane) becomes larger. When the optical lens 204 is applied to a street lamp, since the first refraction angle 92 is the luminous intensity distribution of the light 60 in a length direction of the road, so that an optical lens 204 having a shorter relative distance between the incident curved surface 206 and the emitting curved surface 210 can project the light 60 to a longer road length, so as to increase an interval between two adjacent street lamps arranged in a second axial direction (that is, a Y direction), thereby decreasing the number of the street lamps arranged.
In the above embodiments, the emitting curved surface 210 is the wlliptical curved surface, but the emitting curved surface 210 may also be an M-shaped curved surface.
The optical lens 204 may influence the luminous intensity distribution of the light 60 after the light 60 passes through the optical lens 204 with the different relative distances between the incident curved surface 206 and the emitting curved surface 210.
It can be known from Table 5 that, as the relative distance between the incident curved surface 206 and the emitting curved surface 210 decreases, the first refraction angle 92 of the light 60 on the first plane (that is, the Y-Z plane) becomes larger. When the optical lens 204 is applied to a street lamp, since the first refraction angle 92 is the luminous intensity distribution of the light 60 in a length direction of the road, so that an optical lens 204 having a shorter relative distance between the incident curved surface 206 and the emitting curved surface 210 can project the light 60 to a longer road length, so as to increase an interval between two adjacent street lamps arranged in a second axial direction (that is, a Y direction), thereby decreasing the number of the street lamps arranged.
With the optical lens and the optical lens plate of the present invention, through the design of a first angle, the luminous intensity distribution of light passing through an optical lens on a second plane may be asymmetric. Through the design of a second angle, the luminous intensity distribution of light passing through the optical lens on the second plane may be asymmetric. Through the design of a lead angle surface and a third angle, the utilization of the light increases. Through the adjustment of a relative distance between a incident curved surface and a emitting curved surface, the first refraction angle of the light on the first plane is changed. The optical lens plate of the present invention is applicable to a lamp, wherein an asymmetric luminous intensity distribution is achieved through the design of a single type of optical lens. Therefore, the luminous intensity distribution curve of the light after passing through the optical lens and the optical lens plate of the present invention is asymmetric, and the problems such as light pollution, low light utilization, and high manufacturing cost due to the complex design in the prior art can be solved, when being applied to a street lamp. When the second refraction angle of the optical lens is larger, the optical lens is more applicable in street lamps for multilane road lighting.